1975 Tour de France
Route of the 1975 Tour de France
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| Dates | 26 June – 20 July | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 22 + Prologue, including two split stages | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 4,000 km (2,485 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 114h 35' 31" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner |
 Bernard Thévenet (FRA)
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(Peugeot–BP–Michelin) |
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| Second |
 Eddy Merckx (BEL)
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(Molteni–RYC) | |
| Third |
Lucien Van Impe (BEL)
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(Gitane–Campagnolo) | |
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Points |
Rik Van Linden (BEL)
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(Bianchi–Campagnolo) |
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Mountains |
Lucien Van Impe (BEL)
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(Gitane–Campagnolo) |
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Youth |
 Francesco Moser (ITA)
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(Filotex) |
| Sprints |
Marc Demeyer (BEL)
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(Carpenter–Confortluxe–Flandria) | |
| Team | Gan–Mercier–Hutchinson | ||
| Team Points | Gan–Mercier–Hutchinson | ||
The 1975 Tour de France was the 62nd edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It took place between 26 June and 20 July, with 22 stages covering a distance of 4,000 km (2,485 mi). Eddy Merckx was attempting to win his sixth Tour de France, but became a victim of violence. Many Frenchmen were upset that a Belgian might beat the record of five wins set by Frenchman Jacques Anquetil. During stage 14 a spectator leapt from the crowd and punched Merckx in the kidney. Frenchman Bernard Thévenet took covering a distance of the lead, and after Merckx fell and broke his cheekbone, he was unable to take back the lead, and Thevenet became the winner of the race.
Belgian cyclists were successful in the secondary classifications: the points classification was won by Rik Van Linden, mountains classification by Lucien Van Impe, and the intermediate sprints classification by Marc Demeyer. For the first time, there was young rider classification, won by Italian Francesco Moser.
There were 14 teams participating, with 10 cyclists each.
The teams entering the race were:
Eddy Merckx, who had won all five times that he participated, was again the big favourite. Merckx' first part of the season had been going well, winning Milan–San Remo, the Tour of Flanders and Liège–Bastogne–Liège. If Merckx would win again, he would beat Jacques Anquetil and become the first cyclist to win the Tour six times. Merckx did not care about that record: "The idea doesn't interest me very much because then people would want me to go for a seventh and then an eighth".
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